Improvement in the reliability of the french central government’s financial statements is slowing down
The Cour des comptes – France’s supreme audit institution – hereby issues its audit opinion on the French central government’s financial statements for 2017, prepared in accordance with Article 58 of the Constitutional Bylaw on Budget Acts (LOLF). The Cour des comptes certifies that the French central government’s financial statements for the year 2017, closed on 16 May 2018, are, according to the applicable accounting rules and principles, fairly presented and give a fair and accurate view of the central government’s financial situation and assets, subject to four material qualifications . The central government's net financial position stood at €1.26 trillion at the end of 2017, equivalent to four years of tax revenues, compared with only two at the end of 2006, the first financial year certified by the Cour. Read the report The momentum for improvement in the reliability of the central government’s financial statements is slowing down T...